Nut-holder for bolts.



Patented Nov. 26, 1901.

5. winuauzs. NUT HOLDER FOR BOLTS.

{A p'plication filed Dec. 10, 1900.

2 Sheets-Sheet I.

(uh Model.)

No. 687,3". Ptented Nov. 26, |90|.

' E. w. HUGHES.

NUT HOLDER FOB BOLTS.

(Application filed Dec. 10, 1900.)

(No Model.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

NITED STATE-s PATENT OFFICE.

EBENEZER WILLIAM HUGHES, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO EDWARDWILLIAMS, OF WEST DULWIOH, ENGLAND.

.NUT-HOLDER FOR BOLTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 687,311, datedNovember 26, 1901. Original application filed October 8,1906, Serial No,32,464. Divided and this application filed December 10, 1900. Serial ToaZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that L'EBENEZER WILLIAM HUGHES, a subject of Her Majesty theQueen of Great Britain, residing at Oamberwell,London, England, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Nut-Holders for Bolts,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in nut-holders for bolts, itbeing principally adapted for use with the fish-plates of railjoints andfor like purposes, my present ap plication being a divisional one onthat filed by me in the United States Patent Office on the 8th ofOctober, 1900, under Serial No. 32,464. In that application is describeda nut-holder consisting of a plate or link having openings adapted topass over two or more bolts and a spring plate or plates bent up fromsuch plate or link at right angles and having indentations which engagewith a corner of each nut in one position of same and a flat surfacewhich engages one of the flat faces in another position and in amodification a separate similar spring-plate, but similarly rigidlyattached to such plate. According to my present invention I form suchspring-plate separately from the plate and provide the latter with meanswhereby not only may it be removably attached thereto, but by which itwill also be so held as to be capable of adjusting itself more readilyto the position the free ends of same may be required to occupy, theconstruction also enabling the nuts to be put on and screwed up beforethe spring is put in place, thus saving time in securing the nuts.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings,'in whichFigure 1 is an elevation of the plate held by two bolts, showing thespring-plate being placed in position by a holding device. Fig. 2 is asimilar view showing the spring-plate in position with one of the nutsexpanding same as in the act of turning. Fig. 3 is a similar view withthe nuts in position, one being held on one of its flat faces and theother by one of its angles. of Fig. 3.

Fig. 4. is a plan Fig. 5 is a section of Fig. 3 on line (No model.)

new, and Fig. 6 is a similar section on line y 3/ looking to the left.Fig. 7 'is a similar View to Fig. 2, but showing a plain spring-plate.

The plate A is provided with holes which embrace two or more bolts, twobeing shown in the present instance, and about midway of the plate Iattach a stud E, which projects outwardly from the face of the plate andis riveted thereto by countersinking, as at C1,

Fig. 6, so that such plate may lie closely against the rail b or part towhich the bolts are .applied.

The spring-plate B is formed of flexible tempered steel about the lengthof the plate A, with an upward loop a near the middle of Each end of thespring-plate has an indentation f formed therein adapted to receive theangles of the nuts, as described in the specification of the applicationbefore referred to, the action of the device being the same as thatdescribed in such former specification, except that the nuts are firstpreferably tightened up and the spring-plate then placed over the stud cand sprung into position. To permit this to be readily done, I mayemploy a strip of metal D, Fig. 1, but of shorter length than thespring, having the ends 9 g turned up to hold the ends of the spring,

which is placed, as shown in Fig. 1, so that the loop of the spring canbe readily put over the stud, after which the holder D can beknockedaway,.when the .loop will fall or be pressed downward into therecess (1 of the stud and the ends of the spring will rise against theunder surface of the nuts and keep them in position, the holding beingeffected by the fiat faces or by the angles, according to the positionin which the nuts are set. If the nuts happen to require furtheradjustment, the spanner can be used without removing the spring, as theends of the latter will yield downwardly to theangles of the nut, whichlatter will also pass allow the nuts to be turned.

that as the spring is deflected by the rotathrough the indentations)" byreason of the shape oi. the latter. If desired, however, the ends of thespring can be first held down to It will be seen tion of the nut or bythe holding down of same, as described, the looped portion will becaused to close somewhat on the stud, so as to tighten the grip on same,the construction preventing the spring from moving laterally andbecoming displaced, though it allows it to adjust itself freely in otherWays.

In Fig. 7 I show a plain spring-plate B, as it will be evident that ifthe nut is to be locked in any one of four positions only such aspring-plate is sufficient; but where more positions are required theindentations are desirable.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. In a nut-holder for bolts, and in combination,aplate adapted to embrace more than one bolt, a stud carried by suchplate, a loose spring-plate adapted to bear on the fiat faces of thenuts, means carried by the same adapted to engage the angles ofthe nutsand alooped portion approximately midwayiu the same, and adapted topartly embrace the stud and to tighten its grip on the same when thespring is deflected, the stud being so positioned on the plate that whenthe spring-plate is held by the same the free ends bear on the faces orcorners of the nuts with a spring-pressure so that the latter are heldby their flat faces or their angles substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character described, a plate adapted to beretained by the nuts to be locked, a stud projecting from the plate, anda resilient strip bent approximately at its middle portion to form adeep loop embracing the stud and having angular depressions near itsends to engage the corners of the nuts on the side of the strip oppositethe stud, whereby the nuts in turning force the ends of the strip in adirection to cause the loop to more closely embrace the stud.

3. In a device of the character described, a plate adapted to beretained by the nuts to be locked, a headed stud projecting from saidplate, a resilient strip bent to form a loop embracing the stud andhaving at its ends, on the side opposite the stud, flat bearing-surfacesadapted to engage the sides of the nuts, said flat bearing-surfacesbeing interrupted by angular depressions to engage the corners of thenuts, substantially as de scribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EBENEZER 'llililit ill ll UGIIES.

W'itnesses:

BENJN. THOMAS KING, HERBERT ARTHUR lVIARsIIALL.

